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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), part of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, assists local community endeavors to effectively avert and react to juvenile delinquency and victimization. Through partnerships with experts from various disciplines, OJJDP aims to improve the juvenile justice system and its policies so that the public is better protected, youth and their families are better served, and hold offenders accountable. OJJDP devel...

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Evidence-Based Programs and What Works in Criminal Justice - CrimeSolutions.gov

On CrimeSolutions.gov you will find:. Read more About CrimeSolutions.gov. View Archive. CASASTART A community-based, intensive case management model that aims to prevent drug use and delinquency among high-risk adolescents ages 11 to 13. Overall, CASASTART had few significant effects on behaviora...

The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally funded resource offering justice, substance abuse, and victim assistance information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.

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Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults. Each year, a total of approximately 50,000 8th, 10th and 12th grade students are surveyed (12th graders since 1975, and 8th and 10th graders...

The Council's primary functions are to coordinate all Federal juvenile delinquency prevention programs, all Federal programs and activities that detain or care for unaccompanied juveniles, and all Federal programs relating to missing and exploited children.

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Welcome to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Welcome to ICJIA!. Research and Analysis Unit. Federal and State Grants Unit. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). We find ourselves in a time of fiscal challenge that calls for an extraordinarily efficient and effective allocation of ...

DJJ Reports Fewer Delinquents in Florida Schools
Through Trauma-Informed Care, our treatment services grant children the opportunity to live with more hope than fear. Delinquency in Florida on the Decline /research Floridians are less likely to be the victim of juvenile crime than at any other ti...

Welcome to the New National Center for Victims of Crime website!. January is National Stalking Awareness Month. Find Local Assistance. Welcome to the National Center for Victims of Crime. Help for Crime Victims. Support Our Work. Become a Member. Helpline Available for Those Feeling Stressed, Anx...

MacArthur Foundation Seeks Justice Reform Program Officer. Mental Health Screening within Juvenile Justice: The Next Frontier. The emergence of systematic mental health screening has been one of the most significant advancements within the juvenile justice field for youth with mental health needs...

Addiction, Treatment, and Criminal Justice: An Inside View of the Brooklyn Treatment Court. A Thousand Small Sanities. Criminal Justice Interventions for Offenders with Mental Illness: Evaluation of Mental Health Courts in Bronx and Brooklyn, New York. Red Hook Justice Center Set to Reopen After ...

Home In a new publication of The Sentencing Project 25 leading scholars and practitioners have contributed essays on their strategic vision for the next 25 years of cr iminal justice reform. Issues addressed in the collection include racial justice strategies, linking public health and criminal j...

ACT4JJ seeks to strengthen the federal-state partnership created by the JJDPA by ensuring states receive the federal resources needed to sustain current, and birth new, evidenced-based practices and programs to help states and local jurisdictions fulfill both the letter and the spirit of the JJDP...

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